Chuquai Billy
Native American Indian singer/songwriter and stand up comedian formerly from Los Angeles now settled in London UK
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Former singer and keyboardist with bands like Ghost Dance, 5 Card Stud and BOC;
now I have gone solo like Sting, Peter Gabriel and Amelia Earhardt
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
yes. Various venues around the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
Your musical influences
70s progressive rock, Steppenwolf, Led Zep, Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Peter Gabriel, XIT, Robbie Robertson, Van Morrison, Van Halen, Janes Addiction, Joan Jett & Blackhearts, Tangerine Dream, 80s bands- also ambient and ethnic influences like Jean Michel Jarre, Peter Kater, R Carlos Nakai, Liz Story, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Keith Jarrett and lots more.
What equipment do you use?
fender guitars, technics, yamaha & korg keyboards, fender bass, people
Anything else?
hand claps, sheep bells, human voice
